{"product_id":"9780143135722","title":"The Amazing Spider-Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents the origin stories, seminal tales, and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel’s transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Collects “Spider-Man!” from \u003ci\u003eAmazing Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e #15 (1962); \u003ci\u003eThe Amazing Spider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e #1-4, #9, #10, #13, #14, #17-19 (1963-1964); “Goodbye to Linda Brown” from \u003ci\u003eStrange Tales\u003c\/i\u003e #97 (1962); “How Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Create Spider-Man!” from \u003ci\u003eThe Amazing Spider-Man Annual\u003c\/i\u003e #1 (1964). It is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics. For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels: as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This anthology contains twelve key stories from the first two years of Spider-Man’s publication history (from 1962 to 1964). These influential adventures not only transformed the super hero fantasy into an allegory for the pain of adolescence but also brought a new ethical complexity to the genre—by insisting that with great power there must also come great responsibility.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A foreword by Jason Reynolds and scholarly introductions and apparatus by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of The Amazing Spider-Man and classic Marvel comics. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The Deluxe Hardcover edition features gold foil stamping, gold top stain edges, special endpapers with artwork spotlighting series villains, and full-color art throughout.","brand":"Stan Lee, Steve Ditko","offers":[{"title":"Penguin Publishing Group |  Hardback  |  2022-06-14","offer_id":44151223091455,"sku":"9780143135722","price":66.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780143135722","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}